

Young's music was swiftly removed from the platform, although some of his biggest hits like Heart of Gold and Harvest Moon can still be found on Spotify via the Eat, Pray, Love soundtrack. Young accused Rogan of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines via his top-rated podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. In a since-deleted letter published online and addressed to his manager and a Warner executive, Canadian guitarist, singer and songwriter Neil Young gave Spotify an ultimatum: Get rid of its top-rated podcaster, Joe Rogan, or remove his music.


Neil Young was the first cab off the rank Here's some of that history, and a look at the main players involved in this current saga. Spotify has long had a troubled relationship with stars. When 270 concerned figures, including scientists, professors and public health experts, called on the streaming service Spotify "to immediately establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform," some people took note.īut when musicians started to remove their music from Spotify, it became a huge story, attracting the attention of those who'd missed the scientists' call.
